"Wait here" the maid told the two mares, once they reached a large set of double doors at the end of the hall. The maid then knocked on the door.
"Enter" said a masculine voice.
The maid then opened the door and ushered them to follow her inside.
"May I present the Ladies Ivy and Viola" she said timidly, gesturing towards the two mares who had entered the room behind her.
The room was very large and inside were four ponies, one was a mare and the other three were stallions, each seated on a different chair doing something different. The mare, who looked to be around the age of fifty, was busy embroidering piece of fabric while one of the stallions in the room, who looked to be the eldest, was reading a newspaper. The other two were stallions that looked no older than thirty and they were busy conversing amongst themselves. However, once the young mares entered all of their attention seemed to be drawn towards them.
Ivy instantly recognised them. The eldest stallion was her cousin, Colten Vines and the mare was his wife, Twinkle Shine. Ivy then turned her attention to the younger stallions. She recognised one of them as her second cousin, Noteworthy, the youngest son of Colten, but she had never met the other one before. Her first instinct was to run towards her cousin and hug him but then she realised that, as far as they were concerned, they had never met her. That was the downside to pretending to be your own daughter, so that no questions are asked about your youth, it turns your whole family tree haywire.
Twinkle Shine was the first to speak. "Oh, you're here!" she exclaimed as she made her way over to the two friends. She then turned towards the maid. "Thank you, Coco, you may go now"
"Thank you, ma'am" Coco said quietly as she left the room, closing the doors behind her.
Crap, now we're trapped! Vinyl thought, forgetting Ivy could read minds.
Vinyl! Ivy yelled mentally.
"So you're Ivy's daughter!" Twinkle exclaimed, looking at Ivy with interest. That got Ivy's attention. "My, the resemblance really is uncanny!"
"Yes, that's me!" Ivy replied. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you all!"
"Oh, you too sweetie!" Tinkle said sweetly. "We're just sorry that it hasn't happened sooner"
"Oh, it's no problem, I understand that it's a little bit harder to have casual visits when we live so far from each other. Speaking of which, I still can't thank you enough for letting us stay here" Ivy said with a smile.
"Oh no, it's no problem at all, you are family after all and speaking of which, let's get you aquainted with us all, shall we?" Twinkle exclaimed, as she ushered the mares further into the room until they reached the other ponies in the room.
"Right, well this is my husband, Colten Vines" she stated, gesturing towards the elder stallion with a faded pale yellow coat and lime green mane and tail, who had been reading the newspaper.
"Good to finally meet you!" said Colten kindly.
"And this is our youngest son, Noteworthy!" Twinkle continues, gesturing to the young unicorn stallion with a pale blue coat and dark blue mane and tail.
"Great to meet you ladies" he said as he planted a delicate kiss on each of their hoof's, paying extra attention to Vinyl.
"Oh, and this is his friend, Trenderhoof" she said, gesturing to a handsome unicorn stallion with a pale brown coat and light blonde hair.
"It's a pleasure" he said, with a hint of seductiveness, as he took special care with planting a kiss on Ivy's front hoof, not once taking his eyes off hers as he did so. This made Ivy feel slightly uncomfortable.
This guy is weird, he is kinda giving off this creepy vibe. I don't like it! Ivy said internally
Yeah, he is kinda forward with his advances. Best keep an eye on him! Vinyl replied
They instantly snapped back to reality when they herd the large double doors open again, to reveal the same maid who brought them here.
"Umm, the Lady Octavia has decided to join you all" Coco said as she stepped aside to reveal a beautiful young earth mare with pale brown fur and a dark ebony mane and tail, in an elegant dark grey dress.
"Umm, hello" the mare said.
"Octavia, darling!" Twinkle exclaimed, signalling her over to them. "You're just in time to meet our guests"
Octavia turned to the new mares and studied them carefully, until Ivy interrupted.
"Hi, I'm Ivy and this is my friend, Viola" The unicorn mare said with a smile.
"But most people call me Vinyl" Vinyl added.
"Nice to meet you both" Octavia said quietly.